Haute cuisine in New France.

The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History | December 1, 2007| | Copyright

The following is a true account o fan event that took place in Montreal then known as Ville-Marie, on December 25, 1665. That year, the plague had killed more than 80,000 Londoners, Philip IV of Spain had died and the Second Anglo-Dutch war had begun. The first companies of the elite Carignan-Salieres Regiment had arrived in New France in June to protect the colony from the Iroquois invasion. A young drummer, Claude de Mousson, was a real person who was part of that regiment.

When we think of New France, images of a rustic lifestyle often spring to mind. We think of ...

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